Hiphop Influence on Today's Society

Robert Sanders English 2342 (MW 11:30­2:00pm) Professor C. Robinson Research Essay “The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority” (Ken 1). A management technique used by Ken Blanchard that is very much relevant in more aspects of management. By definition, management is the process of dealing with or controlling things or people. Meaning influence, the power to have an effect on something or someone, could be considered a management strategy. In the black community, leadership is often based off who's influencing the community rather than the authorities. This can be seen in large movements like The Black Power Movement, where those who were influencing and leading the black community, were fighting against the authority. This movement was widely supported during its time. However, how can one be sure if this method can be effective in terms of delivering a message, and promoting the movement? Since these movements are put in place to create change, it is reasonable to base the success of a movement off its impact on today's society. The methods used in the fight for social equality for those lacking political power and cultural institutions, popularized by The Black Power Movement, has been adopted and implemented by today’s hip­hop artist like Sean Combs, stage name Diddy; allowing the battle to be fought in a time where unity has become dwarfed by individuality. With black being the absence of hue and brightness, and bright being defined as intelligent and quick­witted. The African­American or black man was commonly suppressed by lack of education and economic stability. However, following The Civil Right Movement, the African­American community begin to seek more than rights. They were out to seek intelligence

and political power. This vicious attempt to lift the black community is known as The Black Power…...

...Challenges Facing the Youth in Today’s Society
Most of the problems facing today’s youth are not restricted to any one ethnic or religious group, but affect young people generally. Most discussions on youth have focussed on issues such as drug abuse, crime, violence, sexuality and poverty. In addition to these, today’s youth are afflicted by new challenges.
These include:
An Identity Crisis: Who am I?
Lack of self confidence and low self esteem: I am worthless
A sense of hopelessness: Where am I going?
Confusion and ambiguity concerning moral issues: What is right and wrong?
The negative impact of the electronic media: Entertainment ?
Competitiveness in education: the uneven playing field: Excellence by whom? Not Me.
Muslim Youth
The Quran and life of the Prophet give numerous examples of outstanding youth.
Islam praised the efforts of the youth in reviving religion through calling to the worship of God and fighting against disbelief as a form of backwardness and corruption.
Indeed the image of Abraham peace be upon him in the Quran is one of extreme inspiration, enlightenment and uniqueness. It is the image of a young man rebelling against his people’s decadent traditions, a young man defying the dominant values of his society even in the form of a tyrant king who claims divinity.
His son Ismail inherited these qualities of sincerity in worshipping Allah and sacrifice of everything for His sake, as clear in the story of the sacrifice when his father......

...Indigenous Australians marginalized in today’s society
Introduction
Archaeologists believe that aboriginals first came to Australia about 45, 000 years ago and were the only population of humans in Australia until the British invasion. There are about 500 different aboriginal groups each with their own language and territory and usually made up of several separate clans. The aboriginals of Australia are marginalised in today society. This marginalisation began right back during the British invasion where they were evicted from their own country, the stolen generation occurred and their health care, education, employment and housing was severely limited. Aboriginals generally live in poor conditions and choose unhealthy lifestyle choices they also make up a disproportionate section in the prison population; this continues the negative attitudes that society has towards aboriginals today.
History
Aboriginals trace their creation back to the dreamtime, an era long past when they believe the earth was first formed by creatures. The dreamtime theory was that these creatures started human society and made all natural things and put them in special places. An aboriginal man once said “Aboriginals have a special connection with everything that is natural. Aboriginals see themselves as part of nature … All things on earth we see as part human. It is true that people who belong to a particular area are really part of that area and if that area is destroyed they are also destroyed...

...Apathy has become a norm in our society. People are "comfortably numb" because everyone around them is. Most people hate to be too different from the people around them because then, they stick out, and it opens them up for criticism or judgement from their peers. We voice our opinions or concerns for issues, but that's all we do. We 'raise awareness', not that there's anything wrong with that, but 'awareness' is not going to put food in the bellies of starving children if no acts on it after they become aware. I feel that people can be divided into groups based interior reasons for apathy. Some people are too lazy to do what needs to be done because "Becoming an activist takes practice..."(Callwood 444) and "For this ...We are out of tune" (Wordworth,The World is Too Much With Us). We are out of tune with the feelings of our fellow human beings. These people often believe that issues happening outside their immediate lives are none if our concern. We should let them sort their own issues out. How on earth is it not our concern when women in Afghanistan are being treated like property and have to hide their skin at all costs? (Veiled Threat: The Women of Afghanistan 429). Those women are people in need of help, and it shouldn't matter that they aren't from Canada. People are people, no matter where their drivers license says they are from. We need to put ourselves in the position of others in need and see the world from their point of view. But instead we see it from the......

...Persuasive Research Paper
Is Cloning Unethical in Today’s Society?
"Public hostility to human reproductive cloning may be based on an illogical and transient fear of a new technology." BioNews quoting the British Medical Association
The 20th Century saw the most remarkable advancements in the field of science, with the likes of Albert Einstein and Louis Pasteur bestowing mankind with their extraordinary discoveries and inventions. But the concept of cloning, even though very contemporary, has left the world more surprised than it ever was. Cloning is a recent breakthrough in medical science, which has completely revolutionalized the whole concept of biotechnology. The story starts when a group of British scientists cloned Dolly (the most famous sheep in the history of the world), in 1997.
In so doing those scientists set off a spark as well, one that has traveled around the globe setting off fierce debates about the possibilities and pitfalls inherent in this brave new world, a world where it is now suddenly and surprisingly possible for scientists to create exact genetic copies of large mammals -- perhaps including, someday, humans.
The Adverse Affects of Human Cloning
Cloning like any other field of knowledge has its pros and cons. It is basically a man's perpetual ambition to gain power to rule the world and its creatures; be they men or animals. With the cloning technology there is a fear of beginning of this mad race. Therefore, knowledge gained for useful......

...The Death Penalty in Today’s Society
Laura Parker
September 10, 2013
Unit 3 Individual Project
ENG 107-1303B-03
The topic of the death penalty has been a controversial subject for many years. There are many people who think that it is unconstitutional, yet it still exists and serves a purpose in today’s society. The death penalty is the only punishment that can be rightfully labeled as the ultimate deterrent to murder. The death penalty is often the only punishment that is deserving for the crime that has been committed. It also helps reinforce the theory “eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth,” to begin to give closure to the victim’s family. The death penalty sill serves a purpose in today’s society and will continue to be the ultimate punishment that we can give.
Capital punishment is the one punishment that can be called the ultimate deterrent to people committing murder. In the 1930’s, murder rates hit an all-time high. Cases of the death penalty also hit an all-time high in 1935. Because of the fairly routine executions of murderers, over the following 30 years both murder rates and the rates of death penalty cases dropped. “By 1960, 90 percent of all murders involved people who knew each other.” (Tucker, 2000). Murder rates had reached a record low by this time, but that low would only last a short time. By 1964 the U.S. Supreme Court had ruled that capital punishment was unconstitutional. The death penalty was......

...Privacy in Today’s Society: The Government is watching
ENG 122
Prof. Shannon Bilunas
02/28/13
Privacy in Today’s Society: The Government is watching
The thought of someone watching my every move is not only scary but also annoying. It's like living in a house with no doors. Everyone needs privacy in his or her life. I've always heard people refer to the government as "Big Brother". Big brothers are supposed to protect their younger siblings. Is "Big Brother" protecting us? Or just out right being nosey & invading our privacy? In our society today everything we do is being tracked. There's video surveillance everywhere we turn. Every click of a mouse or push of a button on the Internet is being tracked & logged. Almost everything today is GPS enabled. The government can access these records, videos, and locate people from their GPS enabled device without their knowledge. Scott McNealy couldn’t have said it any better “You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it” (Sprenger, 1999, para.1). The evolution of technology has made it easier for Big Brother to watch us. Our privacy against government intrusion is virtually impossible because technology has provided more access than our judicial, legislative and political systems have developed restrictions.
After 9/11 The Patriot Act was one of many surveillance laws that made it easier for the government to keep an eye on us. The change in this law gave the government more authority to check any citizen’s......

...Feminism and its relevance in today’s society
Diamond V Nesbit
ITT-Technical Institute
When you hear or read the term feminism what image pops into your mind? Is it a woman with a short haircut, unshaven legs and/or armpits, over-weight by at least 20 pounds, a strong hatred of men and all things pertaining to men? Well this could be due to the image society burns into your mind. When watching television or browsing on the internet you cannot help but run across an image of angry women with picket signs automatically placing the group in a negative light. Feminism is more than picket signs, protests, and unshaven legs. Feminism is a collection of movements and ideologies aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights for women. This includes seeking to establish equal opportunities for women in education and employment. Feminism is frown upon in today’s society but is still very relevant and important to many.
The media and feminism have a love/hate relationship. In movies, books, and even cartoons feminist are portrayed as angry, unkempt, lesbian “man haters”. They are shown looking down on men and judging women for their attire or life choices. On rare occasions the media actually shines a positive light on feminism and its beliefs only when it can be beneficial to its rating or purpose. The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women," said Pat Robertson, a television evangelist and former Baptist minister during...

...Both Jay Wadhwa and I wrote about American Idol, and its influence on today’s music scene. Although I agree with many of his points, I think his focus was far too narrow, and omitted the show’s impact on the music industry as a whole. While he makes many fair points, I think he needed to shift his thesis to center more on the music itself.
Jay spends most of the essay focusing on the charitable work that the show has done. He mentions Simon Cowell helping to donate over $200 million to homelessness and poverty. Jay makes note of how powerful and influential Cowell and the show’s creator, Sam Fuller, have become. He even mentions how American Idol as a show helped aid New Orleans after the Hurricane Katrina disaster. These points are all accurate, and indeed important. However, the only thing Jay says regarding the music industry is that its reputation is boosted when its celebrities do charitable things. He neglects to include how the music scene and the musicians themselves are affected, and how the way we view music has been affected.
In the first body paragraph, I feel that he spends far too much time describing Sam Fuller. While certainly relevant to American Idol, Fuller’s influence is more relevant to the entertainment industry and comes more from his wealth than his musical background. Facts such as which celebrities he manages are mostly irrelevant. Instead, he should have spent more time on describing how Simon (as well as Randy and Paula, the other two judges)......

...11 Nov. 2014
Outline
Thesis: The usage of cell phones in modern day society has caused quite the problem for citizens in this generation by being a major distraction, causing addictions, and has sadly became the main resource of communication.
I. Introduction: What if every cell phone in the world crashed? How would society communicate? How would one know when someone’s birthday is without getting a notification for it? Some people wouldn’t even know when to get up each morning. Thirty years ago, these questions would be easily answered, but it would have taken separate resources to solve each issue. Most tasks nowadays, however, are done by using this single device. The overuse of cell phones in modern day society has caused quite the problem for citizens in this generation by being a major distraction, causing addictions, and, sadly, becoming the main resource of communication. (Tip: 1. Ask a provocative question or disturbing question.)
II. One problem with cell phones in today’s society is that they have become major distractions.
A. Cell phones are distracting employees in the workplace and leaving them with their jobs halfway done.
B. Not only are cell phones a distraction in the workplace, they are also a distraction and disruptive in school districts, causing students attention to be elsewhere.
C. In addition to cell phones being distracting, people often like to multi-task by walking or driving while texting. These things case......

...King said: “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education”.
Education is one of the most important elements to live in today’s society. In fact, education has evolved during the last decades changing radically. That’s the reason of why I chose to connect our first lesson, “education under scrutiny” to the notion “idea of progress”.
First of all I think that education could be connected to this notion since it has completely changed from our grandparent’s generation for example. What I mean is that the techniques adopted today would have never been approved years ago. Let’s take violence. Violence is not tolerated in school nowadays but it was. This example shows that people mentality has been modified and that some studies have been made on this topic. In the UK there was a rule called “in loco parentis” that gave the same power to the school system and the family. The teacher and the parents had the same power on the children and, in case of need; the teacher could have beaten the children. Fortunately this rule has been abolished and the school has no more the power to beat a student. Although, school is still the first place that influences a teenager. In fact, school is the first place of interaction for the students. They learn how to socialize and create relations with their mates from the first day. A social study showed that students have a different......

...WHAT DETERMINES OBESITY IN TODAY’S SOCIETY
ITT Technical Institute
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What Determines Obesity in Today’s Society
The Abstract
Why is there such an issue with obesity in the United States? To determine this there have been many studies in which I will present three if the studies I found in this report, along with my own observation and mailing surveys. Some of the major findings that I noticed that came up over and over are that the serving sizes in most restaurants are too big, TV ads that show fatty foods to influence people to want to try them, and why is fast food being served at schools?
The Introduction
“What Determines Obesity in Today’s Society?” In this research paper there are findings from three different studies on obesity and how it can affect a person’s health and well-being. Some of the questions that have been asked are “why are serving sizes so big?” ”Why are there so many TV ads showing fatty foods?” “Why is fast food being served in schools?” The importance of this study is to make people more aware of what they are eating and help them make better life choices.
Literature Review
From the three different studies on obesity and how it can affect a person’s health and well-being. In the first study “Why we’re so Fat” it states things like our serving sizes are too big, and there are many TV ads showing fatty foods. The second study “Obesity in the United States:......

...English 101
What sort of influence does today’s technology have on our society? The youth of today are constantly immersed in technological advancements that promote nonstop communication and instant gratification, whether through cell phones, gaming systems, laptops, or MP3 players. But most people are asking, are these technological advancements a good thing? Some people believe that the growth of technology has negatively influenced the social interactions of today's youth because it isolates individuals from reality, hinders communication, and perpetuates the concept of immediate satisfaction. As Clay Shirky states in his article, “Cognitive Surplus”, given that there are around 4.5 billion adults worldwide, "we live, for the first time in history, in a world where being part of a globally interconnected group is the normal case for most citizens." There are positive and negative influences with everything, no matter what the topic. But to have a positive impact, it’s how you choose to use the power of today’s technology and how much influence you let it have on your everyday life.
Some of the negative influences that the constant use of technology has is it can hinder us from being in the moment, communicating and listening to the people around us, and how teens today constantly rely on their cell phones and the internet. As Maggie Jackson states in her article, “What Are We Thinking?”, “We’re too often sacrificing depth for breadth in the ways we make sense of the......

...In today’s globalized world, the theory of world politics that above all else remains most applicable is Realism. As long as human beings have walked this earth, their primary interests have always been exactly the same. Humans have always had a natural interest to survive, and usually will meet this interest at all costs. These natural interests humans have to better position themselves for survival hold true even if it is at the expense of others, which is evident throughout world history and politics. Historically humans have also always struggled for power, and act mostly in their own self-interests in order to position themselves for more power, which ultimately means a better chance of survival. In order to achieve this, these groups work to attain as many resources as possible. Each and every one of these characteristics that humans share are also some of the most basic assumptions of Realism, proving how applicable it is in every society all over the planet (Ferraro Lecture). These viewpoints are very common throughout world politics and always have been. Therefore, as long as humans walk this planet, the ideas of Realism will do so as well.
Humans have had a natural interest to survive since the beginning of their existence. One of the most basic fundamentals of realism is that the primary concern of every nation state is survival. This not only means survival for ones self, but for their families and their communities. This basic human instinct has shaped every......

...Running head: ASPECTS OF HOMESCHOOLING IN TODAY’S SOCIETY
The Negative and Positive Aspects of
Homeschooling in Today's Society
Stephanie R. Knight
Wayland Baptist University
Abstract
The option to home school is becoming a popular choice for parents in society today. Homeschooling has been around for centuries and is making a comeback in recent years. The task of raising a child is one of the hardest jobs parents will face. Homeschooling gives parents the framework to raise better and well-adjusted citizens giving them the tools that will help them survive in society and contribute to improving the global community. Parents who give the extra effort and attention in the safe confines of home stand a better chance of seeing their children succeed in all aspects of life not just academically.
The Negative and Positive Aspects of Homeschool in Today's Society.
Homeschooling just like the name implies, is the choice to educate children at home with the instructions from a parent instead of being taught in public or private schools. Home schooling has been around for centuries and will continue to be a fixture in society for years to come. Today, the homeschooling population has grown from some 10,000 to 15,000 in the 1960s to perhaps one million children as of 2001 (Lines, 2001). Other research indicates there is more likely between 1.5-2.0 million homeschooled students in grades K-12 during the 2001-02 school year (Barfield, 2003). It...